Monaco Bid For Bradley Now €8.5 Million

It looks like Heerenveen is driving a hard bargain before it parts with leading goal scorer Michael Bradley. France’s Le Figaro is reporting that AS Monaco’s bid is now up to €8.5 million after being previously reported at €6 million. Over the weekend, The Mirror (UK) reported that Middelsbrough had bid circa €5 Million while Germany’s Bild had Bayer Leverkusen’s offer at €4.5 million. It remains to be seen whether another club is able or willing to match Monaco’s offer for the 20-year-old American. Either way, if this turns out to be true, he could be the most expensive American player ever which (at today’s exchange rates) would price his transfer at $13.7 million. This would surpass the previous record of $10 million Spanish side Villareal paid for the New York Red Bulls’ Jozy Altidore only one month ago.